HUMANIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does humanize mean? 

• HUMANIZE (verb)
  The verb HUMANIZE has 1 sense:

1. make more humane

  Familiarity information: HUMANIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMANIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they humanize    ... he / she / it humanizes   
Past simple: humanized   
Past participle: humanized   
-ing form: humanizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make more humane

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

humanise; humanize

Context example:

The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city

Hypernyms (to "humanize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)

Derivation:

humanization (the act of making more human)

 Context examples 

An immunoconjugate that consists of a humanized monoclonal antibody (MLN591), directed against prostate-specific membrane antigen linked to a maytansinoid (DM1).

(MLN2704, NCI Thesaurus)

A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against C-C chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) with potential anti-inflammatory and antineoplastic activities.

(Mogamulizumab, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine consisting of a humanized monoclonal antibody that mimics a tumor-associated antigen 791Tgp72 (also known as CD55).

(Monoclonal Antibody 105AD7 Anti-idiotype Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion glycoprotein (F-protein), with activity against RSV.

(Motavizumab, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunoconjugate consisting of milatuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against CD74, conjugated to the anthracycline antibiotic doxorubicin with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Milatuzumab-Doxorubicin Antibody-Drug Conjugate, NCI Thesaurus)

A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against human CD74 with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Milatuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)

An Fc-domain optimized, humanized monoclonal antibody directed against cancer stem cells (CSCs), with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Monoclonal Antibody MGA271, NCI Thesaurus)

Any monoclonal antibody directed against the cell surface glycoprotein CD52, regardless of the antibody type (e.g., rat, mouse, humanized).

(Anti-CD52 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

A defucosylated, humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody directed against the extracellular domain of the human CD70 molecule with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-CD70 Monoclonal Antibody ARGX-110, NCI Thesaurus)

A glycoengineered, fully humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody directed against the extracellular domain of the human CD70 molecule with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-CD70 Monoclonal Antibody MDX-1411, NCI Thesaurus)